Concord, NH - “Fugitive of the Week," Michael Monroe, 41, of Parsonsfield, Maine heard that he was the “Fugitive of the Week," saw the poster and immediately did the right thing by calling the U.S. Marshals. During this conversation, Monroe agreed to turn himself in on Thursday morning. Monroe surrendered this morning at the U.S. District Court in Concord, NH, where he was processed on the outstanding warrant and held pending his initial court appearance later this afternoon. Mr. Monroe had been sought on an outstanding arrest warrant alleging the he made false statements during the attempted acquisition of a firearm.
As part of this investigation, Monroe had just been featured as the “Fugitive of the Week" yesterday. This feature was aired on WTPL-FM, WMUR-TV, The Union Leader, The Nashua Telegraph, The Patch, Foster’s Daily Democrat, Manchester Information, the Manchester Ink Link, The Rochester Voice and prominently featured on the internet. The “Fugitive of the Week" has been a very successful tool that has resulted in the location and arrest of numerous fugitives since its implementation in 2007. Additionally, the “Fugitive of the Week" is distributed statewide to all law enforcement officers.
Since the inception of the New Hampshire Joint Fugitive Task Force in 2002, these partnerships have resulted in over 7,475 arrests (Updated as of 12/10/2018). These arrests have ranged in seriousness from murder, assault, unregistered sex offenders, probation and parole violations and numerous other serious offenses. Nationally the United States Marshals Service fugitive programs are carried out with local law enforcement in 94 district offices, 85 local fugitive task forces, 8 regional task forces, as well as a growing network of offices in foreign countries.
